RESiN: How old were you when you realized you had talent as a photographer?STEFANO: I’m still trying to understand it, I try to work on it every day. I took
photography up 10 years ago and I’ve tried improving ever since.

RESiN: Do you make a living as a photographer?STEFANO: I do, but not through portraiture / nude / erotic photography. I work
mostly as a photographer and video maker for events and do some web design
occasionally.

RESiN: Do you shoot digital at all?STEFANO: Only for my commercial work. I sometimes shoot digital to check out picture
exposures but then I throw the whole thing in the trash

RESiN: Can you describe your overall style of photography?STEFANO: In an ideal world I would be a painter, that’s my major source of
inspiration as a photographer. My style, aesthetically, goes in that
direction. I want to explore more surreal / experimental techniques in the
future, and much more.

RESiN: How would you describe your own work in a sentence?STEFANO: Art, to me, aims at taking people “somewhere else”, as Rimbaud would say. I
try to do that with my photography. Taking me and other people “somewhere
else”. I don’t know. It’s very hard for me to answer to this question.

RESiN:What does your family think of your photography?STEFANO:They don’t really know what I do I assume, we don’t really talk about that.

RESiN: What kind of photography schooling have you had?STEFANO: I’m self taught… I’ve “stolen” stuff around but never attended a
photography course. I graduated as an engineer eight years ago (my god time
flies)

RESiN: Do you get nervous before a gallery opening?STEFANO: I’ve never showed my work in a gallery but I guess I would be nervous –
REALLY nervous, I know myself.

RESiN: Do you need to be inspired to shoot?STEFANO:I do.

RESiN:What or who inspires you to shoot?STEFANO:It’s a feeling mostly. I just feel it. It’s a necessity. There is no art
without that feeling of need.

RESiN: How did you get into shooting beautiful women?STEFANO: I love women, I always have. I began as a portrait photographer, and more
recently I moved to nude and erotic photography. It has been a long and
organic process – the love for women has surely been the constant tough.

RESiN: Where will Stefano as a photographer be in 5 yrs?STEFANO:Good question. I don’t know. I hope I’ll eventually make a living as an
artist, or at least photographing what I love. For sure I will explore new
territories – still life photography (not the dull commercial one, I’d love
to photography “nature morte”), landscapes, tableaux photography a-la Greg Crewdson… I see myself as an explorer in the future, let’s put it this
way.

RESiN:How do you want your art to be seen or described by other people?STEFANO: I don’t know, I don’t want to put a single word on that. It’s 100% up to
the people.

RESiN: Do you have any advice for young photographers who would like to
travel and make a living with their camera?STEFANO:Be bold, always put a smile on your face even when your clients treat you
like garbage – don’t let them put their feet onto your head as well. Stay
strong and believe in yourself.

RESiN: If you were not doing photography what would you be doing?STEFANO: Another good one. I don’t know. Bartender maybe, professional pool player?
Chef? I don’t know.

RESiN:How has your work evolved over the years?STEFANO: I think so, yes. And hopefully it will evolve in the future.

Sofia E Fragile: Fuji Superia 1600

RESiN: Is there a photograph that you have been wanting to shoot but
haven’t had a chance to do so yet?STEFANO: I have thousands of them, really, wouldn’t know where to start to answer to
this question!

RESiN: If you could spend the weekend hanging out with any fictional
character, who would it be and why?STEFANO:BoJack Horseman. Possibly the character with which I’ve felt more connected
in the last months!

RESiN: Anything you would like to promote?STEFANO: I recently took up erotic photography and I’m enjoying very much. It is a
very big and important step for me in what I think is a very big and
fascinating world. You can see some of my work atcarnetserotiquess.tumblr.com or @carnets.erotiquess on Instagram.